08 April 2021 – The Anti-Red Tape Authority is joining the call of President Rodrigo Duterte to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to speed up the payment of its obligations to hospitals. With this, ARTA Director General Jeremiah Belgica renewed the agency’s commitment to help PhilHealth resolve the backlog of hospital claims. “We have.. read more
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) welcomes the move of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for granting the application of a hospital for a Compassionate Special Permit to use Ivermectin on humans with COVID-19. With this, ARTA urges FDA to continue processing applications from other medical institutions seeking the same permit expeditiously while key agencies.. read more
06 April 2021 – To ensure unhampered health services amid the pandemic, the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) is more than willing to help the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) address the backlogs on the release of claims of hospitals. Director General Jeremiah Belgica made the commitment during ARTA’s appearance at the dialogue between PhilHealth and.. read more
I see a much improved score for the Ease of Doing Business (EODB) Survey this 2021 as our reforms aimed at streamlining and speeding up government processes are finally coming to fruition. Last year, the country scored 62.8 which landed us to the 95th spot in the Doing Business 2020 Report by the World Bank... read more
31 March 2021 – Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director General Jeremiah Belgica, in a meeting earlier, called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to “keep their communications open for the registration of pharmaceutical companies who would want to apply for a Drug Emergency Use or a Compassionate Special Permit for Ivermectin”. During the meeting,.. read more
